Recent reviews by Grumpy

I have no idea what is going on in this game, but it was quite enjoyable.

The game is really good... maybe too good. But it's better to just go outside and escape from Tarkov for real.

It's fun with friends, but you could also go out with them and it would be fun anyways.

The game is very empty without mods, performance is awful, it runs like if there was a bitcoin miner in background. Its fun for first 10 runs but then its just annoying. No progress over sessions makes it extremely repetitive and annoying as well. Only positive thing is that it pretty much offered a new game genre which was unique at first, but now many better alternatives exist.

The core resembles Lethal Company, R.E.P.O., and Content Warning, but the difference is that the mechanics aren't as generic as in those other games. To be honest, this game does the genre best out of all I've ever tried. The player controller strikes a nice balance between active ragdoll and well-controlled movement. Climbing feels good and is entertaining. With daily changing maps, this game offers pretty good replayability, even though, like other games in this genre, it has a short lifespan with an average playtime of about 10-20 hours. I didn’t encounter any bugs; it was just a great experience. Performance is okay, but for such cheap looking and small game, the optimization is really poor. Despite these minor issues, the game is really good and fun.

The game sells you more the idea than the actual game. Graphic style is awesome, but at cost of performance that mid tier modern setups have hard time running well. Atmosphere is nowhere near i expected. The very arcady controls and vehicle maintenance makes it boring and repetetive. There is no open world, you basically just teleport between semi procedurally generated areas that share the exact same patterns. Anomalies are everywhere and they dont feel like anything, you just drive see some weird thing so you avoid it. To get out of area you basically always need to do the same thing, collect some generator items and then drive in specific spot to teleport back to garage. Looting is not fun, you find the same items everywhere. Its more fighting with inventory space than any fun gameplay mechanic. The way you progress is basically just going from area to garage milion times, there is nothing changing you just need to do this X times while story is being told from radio. I expected good atmospheric game which will be fun to play, but got repetetive game which is boring basically after you discover the game loop which is like in 2 hours of gameplay.

Pros:
- Visuals 10/10 with excelent performance (on dated setup in 2k 80+ fps in any moment)
- Immersive twisted atmosphere which i really enjoyed
- Seamless integration between gameplay and cutscenes
- Semi-open world design with intuitive progression, i never got lost yet didnt feel like being locked from open area exploration
- Excellent replayability through difficulty modes and new weapon unlocks
- Cool universe which reminds me of ds3, but with modern gear

Mixed:
- Classic RE controls feel dated initially but become enjoyable
- Story is straightforward but effectively executed

Cons:
- Relatively short campaign
- Boss fights lack challenge and feel underwhelming
- Limited character progression/upgrade systems
- Could benefit from more exploration

9.5/10 These days, finding a good game is as rare as hitting green in roulette.
- I dont even want to finish most games, they are boring after first hour, but this game is exception. After finishing it i felt like i want more of it.

Nice databreach, im glad i didn't set any meaningful password while registering in this game. Now my email address is forever associated with this game and password "blba_picovina".

Overall 5/10

Graphics 2/10
Wheel Support 9/10
Optimization 0/10
Physics 8/10
Car Variety 10/10
Leaderboard 3/10
Maps 10/10

Physics
Surprisingly good, it really deppends on which car you drive. But overall its ok. I would say its much easier than DR, much less need to predict what is in front of you, the cars feel much lighter and easier to control. About realism i cant say, as i never drove such car irl, but the asphalt physics is more similiar to normal car than in DR. In DR its sliding too much imo.

Graphics X Optimization
Graphics is worse than in dirt rally 2.0. DR2 on Ultra consistent 60fps. WRC on lowest, barelly 60fps + fps drops in speed sections when you run 180km/h because its loading objects. Horrible optimization, really extremely bad. On lowest its like richard burns but you get 50 fps, when for example Assetto moded to look like irl runs 60+ smooth. If you have good PC its not ur problem i guess, but for average PC the contrast with other games is just joke.

Wheel support
Same as in DR2 supports old devices very well.

Car variety
Very good, even beter than in DR games. Every class you can imagine is included in game.

Leaderboard
You have so many filters, that you will be first in one and last in another. Too many filters, its splitting the people, it would be much better to have it as in DR2 class,assist/no assist.

Other things to consier
If you are expecting the best from DR an WRC titles packed in one, you will not be happy. It feels like the engine is the exact one as the WRC10, they just went crazy and made nicer visuals while dont giving a fu** about performance issues their engine has. Physics is almost like DR i guess it was made by coddies, because its really the best thing about this game. Maps are good as in any WRC title comapred to DR maps. If they used engine similiar to DR engine i think it would be the thing we all hoped for.

garbage asset flip